KROHNE – Privacy Notice

We at KROHNE want you to know that we care about your privacy. We want you to know exactly how we use the information you provide to us in the course of using our Website. By accessing and using our Website, you agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Notice and the terms of our Internet Disclaimer and Statement. If you are not willing to agree to these terms, please do not use our Website.

You are not required to provide any personal information in order to visit our Website or to obtain the information that is freely available to all visitors. However, in order to fully utilize our services – i.e., to configure products to your specifications and to order our products from our e-shop – you must register with us. If and when you decide to register, you will be asked to provide your e-mail address and other information necessary to process your order. Except as otherwise stated herein, we do not provide that information to third parties. We are committed to maintaining the trust of our users. If you have any questions or concerns about the privacy or security of any information that you have provided, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Handling of Information

We retain and store all information you voluntarily transmit to us when using our Website (“User Information”). You are, of course, free not to provide any of the information that you are prompted to provide when utilizing particular features of our Website, but you should bear in mind that your failure to provide us with certain information may affect your ability to use such features and/or to order products through our e-shop. We use the User Information HYPERLINKfor purposes such as servicing your orders, responding to your questions and requests, and improving and personalizing our communications with you. Except as stated below, we do not sell or otherwise distribute or transfer to any third parties any User Information and we keep all User Information in confidence.

In order to fill your e-shop orders and to optimize our services for you, we reserve the right to share your User Information with our subsidiaries and affiliates, our suppliers, our agents, dealers of our products, credit reporting agencies and fraud protection services, entities supporting our web services including this Website and any other persons or entities to whom we must provide your User Information in order to comply with applicable law. We may also share your User Information with carriers or other persons and organisations involved in the delivery and servicing of your order. We reserve the right to transfer any User Information in connection with a sale or other transfer of our business or assets.

E-Mail Communications

From time to time, in order to provide our users with offers or other promotional material, and any other information that we think might be of interest to them, we may send unsolicited email messages to users who, in the course of using our Website, have provided us with their email addresses. If at any time you wish not to receive such email messages from us, please contact us at [email protected]

Cookies

All visitors to our Website are issued a “cookie,” which is a small text file placed on your hard drive so that we can identify you and better serve you when you return to our Website. Cookies help us to personalize your future visits to our Website and to provide you features that we think will be of interest to you. Cookies also help to prevent you from being asked to register or made to re-enter your password every time you visit our site. No cookie delivered by us will interfere with the operation of your computer. Most browsers offer you information about how to avoid, alter and/or identify and remove cookies. You are, of course, free to delete from your hard drive any cookies that we have issued to you. However, your future visits to our Website may then be less personalized and convenient.

Security

The use of certain features of our Website require you to select a user name and password. It is important for you to protect the confidentiality of your user name and password and to protect against any unauthorized use of your computer or network. We have no technical or other means to protect you from any unauthorized use of your user name and password. To support the security of your communications with us, we apply a 128-bit encryption whenever you submit any information to us. While we have taken reasonable steps to protect the security of User Information, we cannot guarantee that your User Information will remain permanently secure. There is always a possibility that your User Information could be lost due to technical problems or stolen from our databases. We are not responsible for any such loss or theft or for any other unanticipated security breaches.

Access to Your User Information

If you wish to know what information we have stored about you or your business please contact us at [email protected] At any time you may instruct us to permanently delete any such information.

Modifications to Privacy Notice

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Notice and our Internet Disclaimer and Statement at any time. You should check this Privacy Notice and our Internet Disclaimer and Statement periodically for changes. If at any time you choose not to accept these terms and conditions, please do not continue to use our Website.